diff --git a/lib/ui/viewer/gallery/gallery_app_bar_widget.dart b/lib/ui/viewer/gallery/gallery_app_bar_widget.dart
index 54ab543b0..d30da3bf7 100644
--- a/lib/ui/viewer/gallery/gallery_app_bar_widget.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/viewer/gallery/gallery_app_bar_widget.dart
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:photos/core/configuration.dart';
 import 'package:photos/core/event_bus.dart';
+import 'package:photos/db/files_db.dart';
+import 'package:photos/ente_theme_data.dart';
 import 'package:photos/events/subscription_purchased_event.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/collection.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/gallery_type.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/magic_metadata.dart';
 import 'package:photos/models/selected_files.dart';
 import 'package:photos/services/collections_service.dart';
+import 'package:photos/ui/common/dialogs.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/common/rename_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:photos/ui/sharing/share_collection_widget.dart';
 import 'package:photos/utils/dialog_util.dart';
@@ -128,8 +131,25 @@ class _GalleryAppBarWidgetState extends State<GalleryAppBarWidget> {
           message: "Share",
           child: IconButton(
             icon: Icon(Icons.adaptive.share),
-            onPressed: () {
-              _showShareCollectionDialog();
+            onPressed: () async {
+              if (await _collectionHasSharedFiles()) {
+                final choice = await showChoiceDialog(
+                  context,
+                  'Share hidden items?',
+                  "Looks like you're trying to share an album that has some hidden items.\n\nThese hidden items can be seen by the recipient.",
+                  firstAction: "Cancel",
+                  secondAction: "Share anyway",
+                  secondActionColor:
+                      Theme.of(context).colorScheme.defaultTextColor,
+                );
+                if (choice != DialogUserChoice.secondChoice) {
+                  return;
+                } else {
+                  _showShareCollectionDialog();
+                }
+              } else {
+                _showShareCollectionDialog();
+              }
             },
           ),
         ),
@@ -225,4 +245,12 @@ class _GalleryAppBarWidgetState extends State<GalleryAppBarWidget> {
       showGenericErrorDialog(context);
     }
   }
+
+  Future<bool> _collectionHasSharedFiles() async {
+    final collectionIDsWithHiddenFiles =
+        await FilesDB.instance.getCollectionIDsOfHiddenFiles(
+      Configuration.instance.getUserID(),
+    );
+    return collectionIDsWithHiddenFiles.contains(widget.collection.id);
+  }
 }